Examples

From this, Turing infers that the brain is likely to be a continuous-state machine; and he then notes that, since discrete-state machines are not continuous-state machines, there might be reason here for thinking that no discrete-state machine can be intelligent.

If someone thinks that real thought (or intelligence, or mind, or whatever) can only be located in a continuous-state machine, then the fact ” if, indeed, it is a fact ” that it is possible for discrete-state machines to pass the Turing Test shows only that the Turing Test is no good.